Attack the law of Water Privatization. Attacking a law is more of a declamation than a progymnasma, more of anhypothesisthan athesis, but borrows from thethesisthe attempt to argue two sides of an issue, while applying this this specific law, real or fictional.

Directions for Composition Discuss the pros and cons of real, historical, or even fictitious laws. Use the following headings:

• legality
• justice
• expediency
• practicability
• decency
• consequences

Example Apthonius provides the example of opposing a law that requires an adulterer, taken in the act, to be killed